over by the growth of the tree, and another pair was put up in their place." Amongst Wordsworth's sonnets one will be seen founded upon this interesting tradition. In another part of the same forest, which (like many other forests in this country, as Skiddaw Forest, Inglewood Forest, Fawcett Forest, &c.) has no other trace of what it has been but the name, there stood a few years ago three enormous oak-trees, known by the name of The Three Brothers. One of them measured thirteen yards in girth. Two miles below Brougham Castle, on the precipitous banks of the Eamont, are two excavations in the rock, called Giant's Caves, or Isis Parlis. One is very large, and contains marks of having been inhabited. There are traces of a door and window and a strong column has marks of iron grating upon it. The approach to these singular remains is difficult. They are said to have been the abode of a giant called Isis. : A short distance on the Westmorland side of Eamont Bridge, in a field on the right of the road, about a mile and a half from Penrith, is another curious relic of antiquity, King Arthur's Round Table,* a circular area above twenty yards in diameter, surrounded by a fosse and mound; with two approaches opposite each other conducting to the area. As the fosse is on the inner side, it could not be intended for the purpose of defence, and it has reasonably been conjectured that the enclosure was designed for the exercise of the feats of chivalry, and the embankment around for the convenience of the spectators. Higher up the river Eamont is Mayborough, an area of nearly 100 yards in diameter, surrounded by a mound, composed of pebble stones elevated several feet. In the centre of the area is a large block of unhewn stone eleven feet high, supposed to have been a place of Druidical Judicature. Six miles north-east of Penrith, on the summit of an eminence near Little Salkeld, are the finest relics of antiquity in this vicinity, called Long Meg and her daughters. They consist of a circle, 350 yards in circumference, formed of sixty-seven stones, some of them ten feet high. Seventeen paces from the southern side of the circle stands Long Meg,-a square unhewn column of red freestone, fifteen feet in circumference, and eighteen feet high. On this monument Wordsworth has composed the following sonnet: "A weight of awe, not easy to be borne, From the dread bosom of the unknown past, When first I saw that family forlorn. Speak Thou, whose massy strength and stature scorn The power of years-pre-eminent, and placed Apart, to overlook the circle vast Speak, Giant-mother! tell it to the Morn While she dispels the cumbrous shades of Night; At whose behest uprose on British ground That Sisterhood, in hieroglyphic round Forth-shadowing, some have deemed, the infinite, The poet adds in a note:-"When I first saw this monument, as I came upon it by surprise, I might overrate its importance as an object; but though it will not bear a comparison with Stonehenge, I must say I have not seen any other relique of those dark ages which can pretend to rival it in singularity and dignity of appearance." At Old Penrith, five miles north-west of Penrith, are the remains of the Roman station Brementenracum. A military road, twenty-one feet broad, led from it to the Roman wall. The seats of the nobility and gentry in the neighbourhood of Penrith are very numerous. The more important are-Carleton Hall, (John Cowper, Esq.,) one mile south-east. Brougham Hall, (Lord Brougham,) one and a half miles south-east. Skirsgill House, (Parkin, Esq.,) one mile south-west. Dale-main, (E. W. Hasell, Esq.,) three and a half miles south-west. Lowther Castle, (the Earl of Lonsdale,) four miles south. Greystock Castle, (Henry Howard, Esq.,) four and a half miles west northwest. Eden Hall, (Sir George Musgrave, Bart.,) four miles east. Hutton Hall, (Sir F. F. Vane, Bart.,) five miles north-west by north. Some of these, however, deserve more particular mention. BROUGHAM HALL, an old and picturesque building, is the seat of Henry, Lord Brougham and Vaux. It will be visited with interest, as the patrimonial inheritance and occasional residence of unquestionably the first orator of the age. It stands upon an eminence not far from the ruins of Brougham Castle, commanding extensive views of the surrounding country, the mountains beyond Ulleswater closing the prospect. From its situation and beautiful prospects, it has been termed "the Windsor of the North." Having at one time belonged to a family named Bird, it was from this circumstance sometimes called Bird's Nest. The pleasure-grounds and shrubberies are of considerable extent and tastefully laid out. In one part is the Hermit's Cell,a small thatched building containing furniture fitted for, and emblematic of, a recluse. Upon the table in the centre these lines are painted : "And may at last my weary age To something like prophetic strain." The family of Brougham, (or Burgham, as it was formerly spelt,) is ancient and respectable. The manor, which bears the same name after having been long alienated, was re-acquired, and still belongs to the Broughams. EDEN HALL, the seat of the famous Border clan of the Musgraves, is a large and handsome edifice on the west bank of the river Eden, which, being bordered with trees, forms an elegant feature in the pleasure-grounds. In the hall there is preserved with scrupulous care an old and anciently painted sors. glass goblet, called the Luck of Edenhall, which would appear, from the following traditionary legend, to be wedded to the fortunes of its present possesThe butler, in going to procure water at a well in the neighbourhood, (rather an unusual employment for a butler,) came suddenly upon a company of fairies, who were feasting and making merry on the green sward. In their flight they left behind this glass, and one of them returning for it, found it in the hands of the butler. Seeing that its recovery was hopeless, she flew away, singing aloud "If that glass should break or fall, Farewell the luck of Eden Hall." The Musgraves came to England with the Conqueror, and settled first at Musgrave in Westmorland, then at Hartley Castle in the same county, and finally at their present residence. LOWTHER CASTLE, the seat of the Earl of Lonsdale, K. G., is seated in a noble park of 600 acres, on the east side of the woody vale of Lowther. It was erected by the present Earl upon the site of the old hall which had been nearly destroyed by fire, as far back as the year 1726, after the designs of the architect Smirke. The white stone of which it is built, is in pleasing contrast with the vivid green of the park and woods. The effect of the whole pile is strikingly grand, worthy the residence of its wealthy and powerful owner. The north front, in the castellated style of the 13th or 14th century, is 420 feet in length. The south front is in the Gothic Cathedral style, and has the usual number of pinnacles, pointed windows, &c. So far from the |